Haik M. Martirosyan
Haik M. Martirosyan at the FIDE Grand Swiss Tourmament 2023
Full nameHaik Mikaeli Martirosyan
CountryArmenia
Born (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000
Byuravan, Ararat province
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating2678 (December 2023)
Peak rating2708 (November 2023)
RankingNo. 55 (January 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 34 (November 2023)

Haik Mikaeli Martirosyan (Armenian: Հայկ Միքայելի Մարտիրոսյան; born 14 July 2000) is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2017. As of September 2023, he is the second-highest rated Armenian player.[1]

Career

Martirosyan won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Under 16 category in 2016.[2][3] In 2017 he played for the World team that won the Match of the Millennials in St. Louis, US scoring 4 points from 7 games.[4] In 2018, he won the Armenian Chess Championship[5][6] and played for the Armenian team in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi with a performance rating of 2708.[7] Later in the same year, he also won the Zurich Christmas Open edging out Rasmus Svane, S. L. Narayanan, Dennis Wagner and Andrei Istrățescu.[8] In February 2019, Martirosyan shared first place with Kaido Külaots in the Aeroflot Open, finishing second on tiebreak.[9] Martirosyan entered the Chess World Cup 2021 as the 59th seed. He defeated GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the rapid tiebreaks for round 3, and advanced to round 5 after defeating GM Ante Brkić in round 4. He was eliminated in round five by GM Amin Tabatabaei.

References

  1. ↑ "Martirosyan, Haik M. FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "World Youth Chess Championship 2016 O16". chess-results.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Armenian Teens Become World Chess Champions". Asbarez.com. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "The World Team wins the Match of the Millennials". FIDE. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ 78th "Armenian Ch. The Highest League". chess-results.com.
  6. ↑ "Hayk Martirosyan, Armenia's Chess Champion". haydzayn.com. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Schulz, André (2 January 2019). "Zurich: Haik Martirosyan tops five-way tie". ChessBase.
  9. ↑ "Kaido Kulaots Wins Main Tournament of Aeroflot Open 2019". Russian Chess Federation. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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